Hardik Pandya becomes the first player to punish BCCI in the IPL 2025 after the episode of Sai Kishore

Things have been crossed from bad to bad for Mumbaj Indians (Mi), because Skipper Hardik Pandya was punished for maintaining a slow excessive foot during a recent loss of a Titan Gujarat team (GT) at IPL 2025. The 31-year-old cricket is the first captain to be punished for dispute in Indian premiere.

Mumbaj Indians suffered 36 loss from titanium in the ninth IPL 2025 match on Saturday, March 29, in Ahmedabad. Prasidh Krishna collected an impressive 2/18 spell magic in four adds, putting mumbai on the back leg. He could only manage 160/6 in his granted 20 accessories, while chasing the target since 197.

We skipper Hardik Pandya fine fined because of a slow excessive rate

Hardik Pandya was fined ₹ 12 lakh by the IPL Governing Council. This is his first offense in the season according to IPL’s behavior code for minimal excessive breach. The league issued an official statement confirming the sentence.

“Captain of the Mumbai Hardik Pandya Mumbaik Pandya was punished after his team held a slow excessive rating during the game No. 9 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Against the Titan Gujarata at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad,” IPL statement said.

“As this was the first offense of his team in the season in accordance with Article 2.2 IPL’s behavior code, which refers to minimal offenses, Pandya was fined INR 12 lakhs.”

We skipper struggled with a stick while running

The Gujarat Titans published a total of 196 while hitting first. Sai Sudharsan is at the top with 63 rides. Hardik Pandya was choosing a bowler for Mumbai, finishing with figures 2/29. We were also punished for slowly excessively, with only four fields be released outside the 30 yard circle in the finals of GT’s inserts.

By persecuting 197, I started a bad start. They lost two wound wickeys inside PowerPlay. Suryakumar Yadav (48) and Tilak Varma, 39, tried to strengthen the insertion, but their efforts were not enough because Mumbai went for 36 runs. The skipper fought me with a stick, managing to achieve only 11 runs of 17 balls.

Hardik Pandya forbidden from the IPL 2025 opener against Chennai Super Kings

It is worth noting that the versatile player missed the opening of the IPL 2025 Mumbai against Chennai Super Kings for the same problem. We are a third dispute on their last IPL 2024 league match against Lucknow Super Giants has led Pandya to receive a fine and suspension with one match.

However, in front of the IPL 2025, a rule was removed that carried out the ban on the captain for repeated fouls.

The Mumbaj Indians, under Pandy’s leadership, have only registered a victory this season, losing both of their introductory matches. The next fixture is against Kolkat Knight Riders on Monday, March 31, in Mumbai.

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